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ILL-BEARING

...to be able to use another hyphenate BRAILLE-ING

but, as change is de rigueur, let's dele the A to get a term from my air cargo days:

REBILLING

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ILL-BEARING

G --> C

BRILLIANCE

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All that brilliance wasted, for being three minutes too late. Sorry.

OK. Back up a step.

REBILLING.

Where's that darn cat again? It needs

REBELLING


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B > T


RETELLING


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RETELLING

L ---- > T


..is one form of

LETTERING

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L > F

FETTERING


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FETTERING

drop one E

FRETTING

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FRETTING

T ---- > H

..is doing that might

FRIGHTEN

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F> B


BRIGHTEN


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BRIGHTEN

+ E


..or keeps others in the dark

BENIGHTER

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BENIGHTER

E --> A

BREATHING

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BREATHING

B ---- > G


..and they were all BREATHING

GATHERING

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Yes; summon all the children

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-A


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- N

..that that was used only yesterday; continue to be a


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F ----> L

RELIGHT

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L ---- > T


..I was LIGHTER than air; now I wish my waistband were less

TIGHTER

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TIGHTER

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- G


..weekly if not more often, by the appearance of inexcusable

LITTER

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I ----> U

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R --> S

and we've gone from GLITTER to LUSTER in three easy steps.

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LUSTER

L ---- > M

...those shoes (and boots&belt buckles); we have to pass


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ULSTER


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..and at least one of them was a

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and came from the city, so they called them

SULKIER

U-->C

SLICKER

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FLICKER


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+ S


..little did I know they meant nit-picking pedant, saying I was a

STICKLER

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..when they said I couldn't be any

TACKIER

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I > S


STACKER

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STACKER

C ---- > L


STALKER

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-s

TALKER


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K ---- > H

..or what are these that this is holding up?


HALTER

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E ----> L

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THRILL


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..or I'll yell at you; my voice is

SHRILL

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SHRILL

H ---> G

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GRILLS

- L


..for the

GIRLS

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